GEARS OF WAR 4 developers Rod Fergusson and Matt Searcy play through the first 20 minutes of the new game, which has an October 11 release date on Xbox One.

Gears of War 4 fans have been treated to a huge slice of new gameplay, as developer The Coalition releases a 20-minute gameplay walkthrough ahead of the release date.

Presented by The Coalition's Rod Fergusson and Matt Searcy, the huge new gameplay video features footage from the prologue.

"Revisit the Sera of Gears past and learn more about the Sera of today, 25 years later," the description reads.

According to the developer, the prologue is designed to drop players into the action, all the while serving as a Gears of War history lesson.

It was also important to have a well designed level that would teach players the basics and introduce them to First Minister Jinn.

You can watch the 20 minute gameplay walkthrough for yourself below:

It was recently revealed that Gears of War 4 fans will need to pre-load the humungous Xbox One and Windows 10 exclusive ahead of its October 11 release date, especially if they want to get in a few multiplayer matches.

Gears of War 4 developer the Coalition has confirmed the file size of the upcoming shooter, which weighs in at around 55GB.

Fortunately, however, fans can start to pre-load the game now on Xbox One. This means it will be ready to play the moment the game launches.